HT202879: About the new iWork for Mac: Features and compatibility

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Q: I have Pages 5.2, my wife has Pages 4.3,  How does she upgrade to 5.2? Is there a cost to upgrade?  Will she have to delete Pages 4.3 first?

I have Pages 5.2. My wife has Pages 4.3

 

How does she upgrade to 5.2?

 

Is there a cost to upgrade?

 

Does she have to delete 4.3 to upgrade?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on May 8, 2014 5:20 PM

by PeterBreis0807,Solvedanswer
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A:

Your wife can log into the App Store using your Apple I.D. and download Pages 5.2 for free.

 

The sole requirement is that she has upgraded her Mac to OSX 10.9.2 Mavericks.

 

She does not need to uninstall Pages '09. The App Store will move that to a subfolder: Applications/iWork

 

Deleting Pages '09 is a bad idea because Pages 5 and the new Numbers and Keynote are all downgrades, not upgrades. In the case of Pages 5 it is missing 100 features and very buggy.

 

You can actually work with both applications on your Mac, just be aware of which file is opening in which application.

 

Peter

Posted on May 8, 2014 5:58 PM

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  • by PeterBreis0807,Solvedanswer

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 May 8, 2014 5:58 PM in response to Yo Da Nator
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    May 8, 2014 5:58 PM in response to Yo Da Nator

    Your wife can log into the App Store using your Apple I.D. and download Pages 5.2 for free.

     

    The sole requirement is that she has upgraded her Mac to OSX 10.9.2 Mavericks.

     

    She does not need to uninstall Pages '09. The App Store will move that to a subfolder: Applications/iWork

     

    Deleting Pages '09 is a bad idea because Pages 5 and the new Numbers and Keynote are all downgrades, not upgrades. In the case of Pages 5 it is missing 100 features and very buggy.

     

    You can actually work with both applications on your Mac, just be aware of which file is opening in which application.

     

    Peter

  • by Jerrold Green1,

    Jerrold Green1 Jerrold Green1 May 8, 2014 6:00 PM in response to Yo Da Nator
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    May 8, 2014 6:00 PM in response to Yo Da Nator

    Yo Da,

     

    If she has 4.3 and Mavericks, she's elegible for free 5.2.

     

    Have her log into her Mac App Store account with her Apple ID and Purchase the Pages app. It should be free.

     

    If you and she both are on the same account name, then use that common name when you log into the Mac App Store on her computer. Go to the Purchases tab, find Pages and click Download.

     

    Jerry

  • by Yo Da Nator,

    Yo Da Nator Yo Da Nator May 8, 2014 6:02 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    May 8, 2014 6:02 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Thanks.

     

    Everything works great.